Republican Senator Mark Kirk ‘Cannot and Will Not’ Support Trump

Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois is rescinding his support of the Republican nominee. Before Donald Trump became the party’s presumptive nominee, Kirk said that he would support him. Now, that’s changing as Trump’s candidacy is in full-gear.

Given my military experience, Donald Trump does not have the temperament to command our military or our nuclear arsenal.

“It is absolutely essential that we are guided by a commander-in-chief with a responsible and proper temperament, discretion and judgment. Our President must be fit to command the most powerful military the world has ever seen, including an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons. After much consideration, I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world.”

Politico reported that his change of heart came largely due to Trump’s “latest attack on a federal judge’s ethnicity.”

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